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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) cover art

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

Frogwares · 2009-08-06

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 04, 2013 (iOS), Aug 06, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.

3
playing now
74%
positive of 908 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
7.8h
to beat · rushed 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2006 for Windows. The game follows an original plotline as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson investigate a series of strange disappearances related to the Cthulhu Mythos.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 908 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-08-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 71 of 99 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
111Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2012 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 21Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 23Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 24Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 18Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 36Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.01$0.632015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992018-04-28 — best price $9.992018-09-03 — best price $2.492018-12-13 — best price $2.492019-03-18 — best price $8.812019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-11-09 — best price $9.992020-01-25 — best price $9.912020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-07-24 — best price $2.232020-09-16 — best price $8.892020-10-25 — best price $9.992020-12-05 — best price $9.992021-01-18 — best price $2.492021-02-25 — best price $2.502021-04-05 — best price $2.492021-05-27 — best price $9.992021-08-18 — best price $2.412022-01-06 — best price $8.992022-05-02 — best price $8.152022-10-09 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992024-02-06 — best price $9.992024-06-03 — best price $1.192024-11-05 — best price $9.992025-05-07 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $0.992026-04-10 — best price $0.632026-08-30 — best price $0.992026-09-24 — best price $0.992026-10-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

163452026-06-01 — 77 pageviews2026-06-05 — 65 pageviews2026-06-09 — 57 pageviews2026-06-13 — 81 pageviews2026-06-17 — 73 pageviews2026-06-21 — 89 pageviews2026-06-25 — 67 pageviews2026-06-29 — 92 pageviews2026-07-03 — 75 pageviews2026-07-07 — 81 pageviews2026-07-11 — 86 pageviews2026-07-15 — 127 pageviews2026-07-19 — 75 pageviews2026-07-23 — 88 pageviews2026-07-27 — 77 pageviews2026-07-31 — 69 pageviews2026-08-04 — 74 pageviews2026-08-08 — 62 pageviews2026-08-12 — 83 pageviews2026-08-16 — 96 pageviews2026-08-20 — 116 pageviews2026-08-24 — 94 pageviews2026-08-28 — 87 pageviews2026-09-01 — 95 pageviews2026-09-05 — 83 pageviews2026-09-09 — 71 pageviews2026-09-13 — 107 pageviews2026-09-17 — 65 pageviews2026-09-21 — 84 pageviews2026-09-25 — 47 pageviews2026-09-29 — 45 pageviews2026-10-03 — 70 pageviews2026-10-07 — 59 pageviews2026-10-11 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish

Player tags

HorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveFirst-PersonLovecraftianSingleplayerThird PersonInvestigation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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